YOUNG PEOPLE'S GEOGRAPHIES PROJECT

Planning for 15th March

INITIAL IDEAS

Here are the details that we were asked to work with:

Plenary                        This is time for each school group to think about what they would like to do back in school and why they might be wanting to do this. Why are you considering this focus? What difference will it make in your school? Your outline idea will be expressed in terms of learning goals. Eventually you will be creating   a curriculum unit.  This will cover roughly 3 weeks of ‘normal’ geography teaching time in your school. Of course it can take longer – but that it up to you!  

Today you are being asked to generate an outline plan that should be emailed to your project coordinator by 1^st February 

An outline plan is an initial sketch of your curriculum unit, expressed eventually as a curriculum unit. An outline plan is a statement of intent, but not a contract. If you want to change your mind you can!

The students wanted to do something which had the following aims:

• to publicise the Pilot GCSE Geography
• to focus on a key issue for the FUTURES

A curriculum unit is a coherent sequence of lessons / learning experiences that addresses a clear curriculum goal. The goal will often be focused by a sequence of key questions, and a range of intermediate learning objectives, ranging over geographical knowledge, understanding and skills, or “geographical thinking” The unit could show a sequence of lesson plans (you can use your school’s preferred format, or we have created a medium term planning framework that you are welcome to use - attached)  Your curriculum planning unit may be expressed in terms of a clear narrative  or account that takes us through the teaching.

This is what the Curriculum Unit needs to include:

• Learning objectives for individual lessons (or if you prefer intended outcomes)
• Key Resources
• Learning Activities
• Opportunities for differentiation/SEN/ personalised learning
• Opportunities for assessment for learning.

Involve younger people to get them involved in the future of their planet ? What do they think of this ? Are they bothered ? Have they noticed the changes ?

FUTURES....

Monkey Surveys... (done in ICT)

• Year 7
• Climate Change - week focussed on Geography - and getting people interested in
• Fund Raising:
• CRU + Lucy Verasamy...
• Enquiry: What do you know about this ?
• What can you do ?
• Encourage change in people's opinions ?
• Sustainable buildings - housing.
• Assemblies...
• Svalbard - ice / glaciers / Polar bears
• Jamie Oliver - Good Food Week

• Selection of activities....
• Pilot Geography
• Futures:
• Government need to scare people about Global Warming.
• Raising awareness
• News
• Displays
• "An Inconvenient Truth"
• Global Warming:
• Hall: displays / powerpoint
• Last day: non uniform day for Global Warming
• School: how could it be
• Alternative futures....
• Survey: Recycling ?
• Do they tell the truth ? People say they recycle but do they ?
• Global Warming:
• Changing staff behaviour....

ON RETURN TO SCHOOL

Group have met and have also been to see Head of Art to sort out some pictures to use as part of the project.

Groups have met up with my colleague Mrs. Clarke

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